Deborah Lundbech's photos with the keyword: English paper dolls

This is the last of my "magnet dollys". They are almost thirteen inches high and a little challenging to fit in my scanner. I don't have and never saw the other "magnet dollys" they mention. I think this was a slightly later series than the other dolls I have. Written on the back: Jennifer DO NOT PULL THE MAGNET OFF THE BACK OF THE DOLLY There are five other books in the series. Look for "Dorothy", "Gillian", "Beverly", "Hillary" and "Marion" MY Magnet Dolly Cut-Out Story Books

A donation from my cousin Pat. This is the only outfit that remains for this one. Her name on the back was "Elizabeth".

So English, with the quilted dressing gown, long nightie and cardigan.

Looking at the drop waist dress,I'd guess this is 1962/63.

I loved the Dutch Doll dress.

She was a "magnet dolly" (it says on the back) She has a magnet in the middle of her back and on the back of her clothes. Her name was also printed on the back and she came with a Storybook which I don't remember. I had two other magnet dollies but she was the first and favorite. Her name was Rosemary. I think she lost her arm in the 90s when she was played with by the girls at the school where I worked. I was really happy they loved my paper dolls too!

I was obsessed OBSESSED with paper dolls. I probably started playing with them at 6 or 7 in England but my true obsession started at 10 and went until probably 13 and a half. If I couldn't buy them (short of the 29 cents they cost ) then I drew them - and I've kept a lot of them to share! They all had very real personalities to me - their names are still obvious me the way that people's names would be. So.........these are paper dolls that I owned and played with. My collection stopped when I stopped drawing them and playing with them - I've never been moved to buy as collectibles. These paper dolls were favorites. I had them in England - they're probably early sixties. "The Bride" looked very American to me and so that was her role for years. Her name , given by me, was Jill.

Early 60s English paper dolls.

Early 1960s English paper dolls.

The poor groom has lost his feet but he didn't really matter much anyway. In the paper doll world it's the women and children that were the ones I cared about - the men were all kind of dopey, uncool looking background figures that showed up as occasional love interests but were mostly relegated to the background. The best man has gone missing but the brown suit was his. My memory is that he looked exactly like the groom!

English 1960s.

Paper dolls from England (although some of these clothes don't look very English to me!) Early 1960s.

Her name was Margaret.

English paper dolls early 1960s. Her name was Susan.